Important: If your calendar is for your work or school, your administrator decides if you can share it. If you can't share a calendar, learn how to contact your administrator.
In Google Calendar, you can share any calendar you own or one you have permission to share. When you share your calendar with someone:
- You can control what they can find and do on your calendar.
- They get an email. To find your calendar, they need to click the link in the email.
- You can stop sharing your calendar whenever you want.
Share your calendar with people or groups
Important: If you want to share a calendar that someone else owns, that person must give you the “Make changes and manage sharing” permission.
Step 1: Find the calendar you want to share
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Calendar app
.
- At the top left, tap Menu
Settings.
- Select the calendar you want to share.
Settings.Step 2: Choose who to share your calendar with
- Under “Shared with,” tap Add people or groups.
- If you already shared it with others, you can find their names here.
- To stop sharing with someone, next to their name, tap Remove
.
- In the search box, enter and choose a name or group.
- You can add more than one person or group at the same time.
Step 3: Choose what people can do with your calendar
Decide how much access you want to give to other people:
- See only free/busy (hide details): People can only find out when you're busy. They can’t find out event names or details.
- See all event details: People can find all the details, like event names, times, places, and descriptions.
- If you set an event as “Private,” they can’t find its details.
- If the “See guest list” permission isn't on, they can’t find who else is invited.
- Make changes to events: People can edit events on your calendar and find who else it’s shared with.
- Make changes and manage sharing: People have full control of events on your calendar. They can:
- Add new events.
- Change or delete events.
- Change who the calendar is shared with.
Learn about access permissions for shared calendars.
Step 4: Send the calendar invite
To give others access, tap Save.
The people you share your calendar with get an email. To add your calendar, they must click the link in the email.
If they can’t find the email:
- Make sure you have the correct email address.
- Ask the person to check their spam or trash mail folder.
- Ask the person to search for your email.
- Take them off the sharing list, then add them again.